An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England : from the Conquest to the Reformation : with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders : notices of numerous British edifices :and some remarks on the architecture of a part of France (1848)
Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Mackenzie, E., 19th cent, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Delamotte, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1821-1889, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Starling, William Francis, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B, Hutchinson, H., 19th cent · London : J. H. Parker · leaf 183
very common. 4tlL Towards thelatter part of thisstyle, the buttressin stages was used,but it is not verycommon, and issufficiently distin-guished by its tri-angular head, theusual finish of thisstyle, which canhardly be called apinnacle, thoughsometimes it slopesoff from the frontto a point.… … BOTTKESS WESTMINSTER ABBEY. EARLY ENGLISH TABLETS. 109 The cornice is sometimes rich in mouldings, and oftenwith an upper slope, making the face of the parapet per-pendicular to thewall below. Thereare cornices of thisstyle still resem-bling the Normanprojecting parapet,but they consist ofseveral…
